Libertie kaitlyn greenidge5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Libertie is a glorious, piercing song for the ages-fierce, brilliant, and utterly free. “In this singular novel, Kaitlyn Greenidge confronts the anonymizing forces of history with her formidable gifts. Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Friday Black Libertie is a novel of epic power and endless grace.” “Wielding both her knowledge of our history and her incredible sense of story, Kaitlyn Greenidge further establishes herself as one of the sharpest minds working today. Mira Jacob, author of Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations ![]() So much will be written about Kaitlyn Greenidge’s Libertie -how it blends history and magic into a new kind of telling, how it spins the past to draw deft circles around our present-but none of it will measure up to the singular joy of reading this book.” ![]() Jacqueline Woodson, author of Red at the Bone Kaitlyn Greenidge is a master storyteller.” “This is one of the most thoughtful and amazingly beautiful books I’ve read all year. O, The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, The Millions, Refinery29, Garden & Gun, Publishers Lunch, BuzzFeed, The Rumpus, BookPage, Harper's Bazaar, Ms. Kaitlyn Greenidge's Libertie celebrates a young Black woman striving for a life starkly different from her family's Libertie is the kind of historical figure who is rarely celebrated: someone who simply wants to survive and thrive, not to be the first or the only one of anything. Named One of the Most-Anticipated Books of 2021 by: ![]()
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